Inspiration

Fatherhood need not be a mental tug of war between Dad and the kids. The solution I've found is to stop pushing and instead to yield to the heavenly Father through humble prayer.

For a long time, I thought I hated my mother. I really wanted to love her and to feel she loved me. But I didn't think that would ever be possible. So I made up my mind to improve our relationship, and it dawned on me that maybe my mother wasn't the only one who needed to change. Maybe I needed to be different.

Christ Jesus rose from the tomb. This is no empty story, remote and far away. In an actual year on a certain day Jesus rose from the tomb and spoke in a garden with Mary.

I had slumped into a deep depression, overwhelmed by circumstances that I felt powerless to do anything about. Trying to live my life without God in it, I discovered, was the root cause of most of my problems.

In seeking to heal and remedy the suffering of so many owing to wildfires, I’ve sought to understand the laws of God I've learned about through my study of Christian Science and how they are available to quench inflammation and prevent catastrophic wildfires. 

Our home was caught in the center of a massive fire traveling at 100 miles per hour and licking up the homes around us in 15-second intervals. There was nothing I could do but pray to God for safety and protection.

This testimony is given with the hope that some one who reads it may thereby gain courage to stand firm in God's strength in time of need, for there is no power apart from God.

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A few years ago, some months after my husband passed on, our large property, including our home and belongings, was destroyed in one of California’s wildfires. First losing a great companion and lifelong friend, then losing so much in the fire, was overwhelming. Then I remembered that when Jesus healed, he didn’t simply restore people’s old ways and circumstances; lives were made new.